Dulude v. Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc.

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• holding that, as a matter of law, plaintiff’s “professional disagreements are insufficient to support a public policy claim”
• affirming summary judgment of IIED claim where employee’s allegations included discharge by a supervisor with a known chemical dependency and other infirmities in the investigation resulting in her termination
• affirming summary judgment in favor of employer where plaintiff failed to show that termination was “so contrary to society’s concern for providing equity and justice that there is a clear and compelling public policy against it”
• plaintiff’s termination and disciplinary action taken against her not sufficiently severe to establish IIED claim
• employer reasonable investigation of a patient 12 complaint by questioning employee nurse was reasonable and not outrageous, regardless of the veracity of the complaint
• public policy not implicated by firing an employee for administering medication in a manner that the employee thought was proper but that violated the employer's policy

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